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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 355 (2011) 494-502
In-Pore stress by drying-induced capillary bridges inside porous materials.
Majda Bouzid 1, 2, Lionel Mercury ( ) 3, Arnault Lassin 4, Jean-Michel Matray 2, Mohamed Azaroual 4
(2011)

We present here some evidences that capillary liquid bridges are able to deform micrometric cylindrical pores by tensile stress. Brine-soaked filter membranes are submitted to drying conditions leading to NaCl precipitation inside the 5-10 μm pores. A close examination demonstrated that two forms of NaCl crystallites are successively generated. First, primary cubic crystals grow, driven by the permanent evaporation. When this angular primary solid gets near the pore wall, while the evaporation makes the pore volume to be partly invaded by air, capillary liquid can bridge the nowsmall gap between the halite angles and the pore wall. In a second step, these small capillary bridges are frozen by a secondary precipitation event of concave-shaped NaCl. The proposed interpretation is that the liquid capillary bridges deform the host matrix of the membrane, and the situation is fossilized by the growth of solid capillary bridges. A quantitative interpretation is proposed and the consequences towards the natural media outlined.
1 :  Interactions et dynamique des environnements de surface (IDES)
CNRS : UMR8148 – INSU – Université Paris XI - Paris Sud
2 :  Laboratoire d'Etude des Transferts dans les Sols et le sous-sol (DEI/SARG/LETS)
IRSN
3 :  Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans (ISTO)
Université d'Orléans – CNRS : UMR6113 – Université François Rabelais - Tours – INSU
4 :  Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières (BRGM)
Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)
Planète et Univers/Sciences de la Terre/Géophysique

Physique/Physique/Géophysique

Sciences de l'environnement/Milieux et Changements globaux
unsaturated zone – liquid water – tensile strength – poromechanics – soluble salts
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